"It's slower than a trip to Blockbuster, more expensive than buying the physical DVD, absurdly restrictive on how the consumer uses the movie he or she pays for, delivers lower resolution than a DVD, and requires running a cable from the PC to the TV if you want to watch the movie on something larger than a PC monitor."

And what delirium prompted the name "Unbox"? It's sort of like undead.

 

You can spend $50 today for a progressive-scan standard DVD player, and find thousands of DVD discs at Blockbuster or Netflix that will play on it. Or you can spend $500 to $2,000 for a high-definition DVD player - Blu-ray or HD-DVD, one of which might be obsolete in a year or two - and take your pick of a few dozen movies available for that particular hi-def format.

Just for the name alone.

:)
 

Just read this post about our dual Live and MSN strategy, Caught in the Middle, on Neal's blog - well said. I posted on this topic a few months ago. My favorite quote from Neal's post:

Unfortunately, as any basic strategy book or course will tell you, deciding to do both is really deciding to do neither. Strategy is less about what you decide to do, and more about what you decide not to do. It is, in a word, about focus, and focus is what gets companies out of their strategic jams in the middle of the market. 

On a similiar note:

“I think the branding of Live has been confusing,” said Directions on Microsoft analyst Matt Rosoff. “It seems like end-users who don't particularly follow Microsoft have never heard of Live or confuse it with the next version of Windows, and customers, partners, and advertisers often express puzzlement over the difference between Windows Live, Live (e.g., Live Search), and MSN. The developer strategy for Live still hasn't seemed to gel very well, either.” (link)

Will we get it right eventually? yes, it may be a long bumpy road with a few detours and roundabouts - but we'll get there.

HOST: I’m curious, have you ever googled anybody? Do you use Google?

BUSH: Occasionally. One of the things I’ve used on the Google is to pull up maps. It’s very interesting to see — I’ve forgot the name of the program — but you get the satellite, and you can — like, I kinda like to look at the ranch. It remind me of where I wanna be sometimes.